Chapter 4:
Growth,
Diversity, and
Conflict; 17201763
Topic/Objective: Europeans and American Indians
maneuvered and fought for dominance, control, and
security in North America, and distinctive colonial and
native societies emerged.
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Class/Period:
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Essential Question(s): 1) Compare the economic, political, and cultural development of the Northern, Middle, and
Southern colonies. 2) Analyze how Enlightenment beliefs and the Great Awakening shaped the politics and culture
of the British colonies.
Vocabulary:
The Enlightenment
Farm Families: Women in the Household Economy
Describe the role of women at home and in their community.
Pietism
Tenants
Competency
Farm Property: Inheritance
Compare the social differences between men and women.
Describe the importance of inheritance.
Household mode of
Production
Freehold Society in Crisis
Describe the situation that caused a land shortage.
Predict what will happen as New Englanders expand their communities.
Economic Growth, Opportunity, and Conflict
What caused the growth of the Middle colonies?
Sickle
Cradle scythe
Tenancy in New York:
 What were the obstacles that tenant farmers had to overcome to become
landowners?
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Quakers
Conflict in the Quaker Colonies:
 Describe the situation that led to a land shortage in the Middle colonies.
William Penn

How did Penn address this problem?

Explain the development of agricultural capitalists
Squatters
Cultural Diversity
Compare the “melting pot” and “patchwork quilt” analogies as they relate to the Middle
colonies.
Redemptioner System
The German Influx:
What was the cause of the German migration?
Scots-Irish Settlers:
What was the cause of the Scots-Irish migration?
Anglican
Religion and Politics
What issues divided the various ethnic and religious groups of the Middle colonies?
Boorish
What core values did they agree upon?
Swarthy
Evangelical
Transportation and the Print Revolution
Explain the impact of the growth of transportation on the colonies.
Explain the impact of the growth of printed material on the colonies.
Copernicus
Isaac Newton
The Enlightenment in America
The European Enlightenment:
 What are the four fundamental principles of Enlightened thinkers?
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Natural Rights

Explain John Locke’s theories

What was the impact of the Enlightenment on religious views?
Deism
Franklin’s Contributions:
 Explain the secular dimension added to colonial cultural life by embracing the ideas
of the European Enlightenment.
Revival
American Pietism and the Great Awakening
Whitefield’s Great Awakening:
 Describe the speaking style of George Whitefield.
Jonathon Edwards
John Wesley
New Lights
Old Lights

How did the print revolution contribute to the Great Awakening?
Religious Upheaval in the North
In what ways was the spread of ideas during the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening
similar, and how did it differ?
Explain the educational, religious and social effects of the Great Awakening.
Social and Religious Conflict in the South
The Presbyterian Revival:
 Explain how revival threatened the Anglican church and the social status quo in
Virginia.
Gentry
The Baptist Insurgency:
 Explain the social and religious conflicts created by Baptist beliefs.
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The French and Indian War
Describe the situation in North America prior to the outbreak of hostilities.
Iroquois Confederacy
Conflict in the Ohio Valley:
 How did French and British relationships with different Indian groups contribute to the
outbreak of hostilities?
Covenant Chain
The Albany Congress:
 Explain the Albany Plan of Union. Who wrote it?
Lord Halifax
The War Hawks Win:
 Explain the battle at Fort Duquesne in July 1755.
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Speculate how this battle foreshadows the American Revolution.
The Great War for Empire
Explain how the conflict that began in North America became the Great War for Empire.
William Pitt
How did Pitt mobilize the colonists in North America?
What did Britain gain as spoils of war?
Pontiac
How did the outcome of the war affect Britain’s relationship with the native people of North
America?
Consumer Revolution
British Industrial Growth and the Consumer Revolution
How did the prosperity of the British Empire improve and endanger the lives and interest of
colonists?
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The Struggle for Land in the East
Explain how conflict over land demonstrates the rising value of land along the Atlantic coastal
plain.
Paxton Boys
Western Rebels and Regulators
Evaluate the actions of the Paxton Boys and the Quaker leaders in 1763. In your opinion,
which side was right?
Regulators
Compare the South Carolina Regulators to the Paxton Boys of Pennsylvania.
What were the complaints of the Regulators in North Carolina and what were their proposals
to fix the problem?
Summary: Refer to the essential questions at the beginning of the reading guide and answer question 1.
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